Ranking 95 Surveillance Manufacturers Interest

Author: John Honovich, Published on Mar 24, 2014

IPVM has ranked interest levels in 95 surveillance manufacturers from most to least. These are the companies covered:

Over 400 IPVM members selected which of these companies they were interested in following, using our unique news monitoring service.

Here is an overview of the results, with the Y axis showing interest level and the X axis, the 95 companies:

 Notable findings include:

  • The manufacturer with the most interest scored a 68%, while 5 tied for last place at just 3%.
  • The mean / average score was 16%.
  • However, the median score was just 11%, indicating that most companies attract very little interest.
  • The top 10 had interest level of 39% or greater.

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Comments (17)

Undisclosed Manufacturer #1

03/24/14 01:59pm

Is it right to say that this study reflects the U.S.A. market only???

John Honovich

IPVM | In reply to Undisclosed Manufacturer #1 | 03/24/14 03:42pm

No, it is not right to say that. It reflects English speaking surveillance professionals - only half of our members are from the US.

Undisclosed Manufacturer #2

03/24/14 07:18pm

John,

Very interesting, and to a degree, predictable, results (though there are certainly some surprises)

I think some rough demographics of those who took the survey would fill in relevance gaps present in this analysis. You answered that partially about half your membership being from the U.S., but can you dive deeper for us?

  • Ratio of manufacturers, distributors, dealers and/or end-users?
  • Influencer vs Decision Maker vs User

John Honovich

IPVM | In reply to Undisclosed Manufacturer #2 | 03/24/14 07:36pm

It's roughly 60% integrator/channel, 30% manufacturer, 10% end users.

Who is an influencer vs decision maker is an incredibly subjective claim, I wouldn't take a guess and asking people is likely to deliver skewed results.

Undisclosed Manufacturer #2

In reply to John Honovich | 03/24/14 07:39pm

Thanks John.

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Carl Lindgren

03/24/14 08:29pm

I notice that the HDcctv only has 5% interest. Perhaps next year they can up that to 10%, making them have one of the fastest growing interest levels on IPVM. Maybe Todd can make news by streaking down the aisle at ISC West <shudder>.

John Honovich

IPVM | In reply to Carl Lindgren | 03/24/14 08:31pm

It's funny / sad that HDcctv beat out SIA. Maybe Todd is more of a thought leader than the SIA :)

Btw, HDcctv 2.0 is now officially out but the alliance has long blown any opportunity to be relevant.

Undisclosed Manufacturer #2

In reply to John Honovich | 03/24/14 08:33pm

I'm surprised HDcctv got even 5% interest. But then again, that could just be infamy. Globally, more people know about Hitler than Ghandi. Just sayin.

Undisclosed Manufacturer #3

03/25/14 10:18am

I would like to use this but it dont seem to work on IE 9.

Yes, i know its old! but it´s not up to me to change it... company rule.

Ps, It would be interesting to see how the figures change over time.. how is gaining in intrest and so on.

John Honovich

IPVM | In reply to Undisclosed Manufacturer #3 | 03/25/14 03:23pm

We do plan to track this over time though we will wait 2 years since things don't change that quickly.

What does not work specifically on IE9? What can't you 'use'? Do you mean the news preferences selector?

Undisclosed Manufacturer #3

In reply to John Honovich | 06/03/14 06:46am

Yes, the news preferens selector doesnt work for me on IE9. I cant choose any company to follow unfortionatly. But i like the idea.

Marcel Minotelli

05/13/14 02:53pm

I think Digifort is missing in this list.

John Honovich

IPVM | In reply to Marcel Minotelli | 05/13/14 02:56pm

Marcel, among our English speaking membership, Digifort would rank very low even if included, simply because very few Know about them in native English speaking countries.

Marcel Minotelli

In reply to John Honovich | 05/13/14 03:07pm

Despite that, i still think you should include.They are really well sucessed in Brazil, and they are selling to austrilia, south america, europe, china and others....

Jeff Hobbs

06/02/14 10:34pm

Could we see a year over year chart to see who had the largest growth interest / dis-interest?

John Honovich

IPVM | In reply to Jeff Hobbs | 06/02/14 11:47pm

Yes, the plan is to track this over time. A year might be too short of time to see much of a difference but we'll definitely do it at least every other year.

Dennis Dyer

10/16/14 11:37am

Nice work, IPVM team.

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